MARIO ANDRETTI

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it's a fact.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on. If you go off the road, you're into somebody's shop-window or front porch.

I've driven just about every kind of car there is.

I love all motor sports at the top level.

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.

At Andretti Winery, I'm not the winemaker.

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting? You've got to have friends out there. You can't do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

When you start thinking you may get hurt, it's time to get out of racing.

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

You dream what you're supposed to do.

The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.

Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.

Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.

I always say that every win has something that is special.

From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.

Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa - when I was ready, their seats were taken. We always had a relationship, but what's important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.

I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.

If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?